I’ve recently taken a vow to eat healthier in an effort to improve my health and my lifestyle and one of the options I looked into was buying organic and of course eating organic too.
It wasn’t too long before I realized how expensive it was to exclusively go organic, so I did some research to find out what foods I would benefit from most if purchased organic since those who cannot afford to eat organic 100% should focus on those foods that have the heaviest burden of pesticides, chemicals, additives and hormones. Here are the foods on the list:
Milk: Organic dairies cannot feed their cows with grains grown with pesticides. They are also not allowed to use antibiotics or growth hormones like rGBH or rbST. It’s a for sure thing that organic milk is just that – completely organic.
Peaches: Typically these dainty fruits are subjected to pesticides quite often. If you cannot find organic peaches, settle for tangerines, oranges, grapefruit and watermelon. They are all safe.
Coffee: Check labels and cans for the Fair Trade Certified Organic label as most coffee beans purchased are grown in countries that do not regulate the use of chemicals and pesticides. Buying Fair Trade Certified Organic gives you the reassurance that pesticides and chemicals were not used on the plants and to, it means that prices paid to purchase the coffee was in support of the farm and fairly treated farm workers.
The following fruits and vegetables are best when purchased organic – Apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, lettuce, strawberries, grapes, tomatoes, and potatoes. Other safe alternatives if those are not available are: green peas, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, onions, blueberries, kiwi, pineapples, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, raspberries, eggplant, earthy mushrooms, and asparagus.
I plan on trying to shop for these specific items so that I can start eating more organically. It may not be much at the moment, but it’s a start.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Introducing organic foods into your diet - one food at a time
I’ve recently taken a vow to eat healthier in an effort to improve my health and my lifestyle and one of the options I looked into was buying organic and of course eating organic too.
It wasn’t too long before I realized how expensive it was to exclusively go organic, so I did some research to find out what foods I would benefit from most if purchased organic since those who cannot afford to eat organic 100% should focus on those foods that have the heaviest burden of pesticides, chemicals, additives and hormones. Here are the foods on the list:
Milk: Organic dairies cannot feed their cows with grains grown with pesticides. They are also not allowed to use antibiotics or growth hormones like rGBH or rbST. It’s a for sure thing that organic milk is just that – completely organic.
Peaches: Typically these dainty fruits are subjected to pesticides quite often. If you cannot find organic peaches, settle for tangerines, oranges, grapefruit and watermelon. They are all safe.
Coffee: Check labels and cans for the Fair Trade Certified Organic label as most coffee beans purchased are grown in countries that do not regulate the use of chemicals and pesticides. Buying Fair Trade Certified Organic gives you the reassurance that pesticides and chemicals were not used on the plants and to, it means that prices paid to purchase the coffee was in support of the farm and fairly treated farm workers.
The following fruits and vegetables are best when purchased organic – Apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, lettuce, strawberries, grapes, tomatoes, and potatoes. Other safe alternatives if those are not available are: green peas, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, onions, blueberries, kiwi, pineapples, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, raspberries, eggplant, earthy mushrooms, and asparagus.
I plan on trying to shop for these specific items so that I can start eating more organically. It may not be much at the moment, but it’s a start.
1 comment:
We live in the world that’s so enamored by this skewed perception of beauty. A world where the media portrays “beauty” as something that has lost almost all sense of the word itself. This sad reality has pushed millions of people worldwide to go on crash diets and unhealthy lifestyles just because of what they see on TV, hear on the news or watch in the movies… Thankfully, we’re also slowly starting to come to our senses and among the more recent wave of wave in those that are conscious about their health are those that are shifting to organic food supplements.
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